Category Archives: Canada
Montreal woman heading to Peru to search for son, 22, missing since Sept. 28
A Montreal woman flew to Peru on Tuesday to look for her son, who she said nobody has heard from since he boarded a bus to go on a short trek more than two weeks ago. Alisa Clamen said her son Jesse G...
Oct 17, 2017
Prisoners in Canada among alleged leaders in massive opioid ring: US authorities
Two men imprisoned in Canada are accused of playing a leadership role from behind bars in what American authorities are calling one of the world’s most prolific fentanyl-trafficking and money-la...
Oct 17, 2017
N.B. Mountie replaces girls' stolen tricycles: 'Just absolute genuine kindness'
BLACKS HARBOUR, N.B. - A New Brunswick Mountie is being praised for an act of kindness towards two young girls heartbroken by the theft of their tricycles. The Curtis family of Blacks Harbour, a small...
Oct 17, 2017
Accused admits he shot gun, but says he didn't mean to wound Manitoba Mountie
BRANDON, Man. - A man accused of attempted murder in the shooting of a Manitoba RCMP officer admits he fired the gun but says he never intended to wound the Mountie. Clayton Ewert pleaded guilty in Br...
Oct 17, 2017
Stamps, dishes, books among objects retrieved from Montreal parliament dig site
MONTREAL - Archeologists digging up the site of a pre-Confederation parliament in Montreal this summer came across plenty of items they expected to find hidden deep in the earth - and a few they didn&...
Oct 17, 2017
Family of Indigenous woman who was decapitated say killers walk free
WINNIPEG - Just one of the many cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women has left a Manitoba community divided, a family struggling with grief and a mistrust of the justice system, a national in...
Oct 17, 2017
Ethics watchdog says blind trust for Morneau's assets 'not required'
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog confirmed Tuesday that she advised Finance Minister Bill Morneau there was no need to put his substantial assets in a blind trust. “I told him that it wasn&#...
Oct 17, 2017
Researchers push for action as Newfoundland seabirds vanish: 'It's shameful'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The small nocturnal birds known as Leach’s storm petrels are a telling symbol of ocean health. But they’ve vanished in the millions since offshore oil production s...
Oct 17, 2017
N.B. council mum on Halloween rules setting trick-or-treat age limit, curfew
BATHURST, N.B. - A city council in northern New Brunswick is staying tight-lipped about changes to a contentious Halloween bylaw that puts an age limit on the pursuit of sugary loot and sets a curfew ...
Oct 17, 2017
B.C. man fights to prove he's alive after bureaucratic error declares him dead
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A British Columbia man who recently lost his mother is fighting for his own life after a bureaucratic mix-up declared him dead. Bryan Kupiak, who is 65 and from Kamloops, is healthy b...
Oct 17, 2017
